Struggle

by Emanuel Lasker, Sam Sloan (Introduction)

“Struggle” is a little-known work by World Chess Champion Emanuel Lasker. It is based on the theory that all life and indeed life itself is the result of struggle. Lasker's book delves deeply into all phases of life and struggles. He attempts to create a general theory of all competitive activities, including chess, business and war.

Genres: Philosophy, Chess

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1906

Reviews

[Güçhan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a book that is hard to read because Lasker came up with idealised or perfect versions of existing phenomena and gave them new names but didn't bother to explain them in detail. Of course that does not mean the book is not worth reading, it is quite the opposite.
Even though the book is more than a century old, most of Lasker's ideas are still very fresh and applicable. The practical aspects of his ideas make this book a good one in the self-help category in my opinion.

[Johnny · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is must-have-been-had years ago. Found russian pirate translation on my old kindle and couldn't go sleep before finishing the piece. It's awesome. It's cruel. It's punishing and smart. Read it, if you're Ukrainian.